Aviation and Drones
National Transportation Statistics 10/30/19 Update, Passenger Enplanements at the Top 50 U.S. Airports and other categories
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
National Transportation Atlas Database Fall 2019 Update
Friday, October 25, 2019 - The Fall 2019 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) was released today with three new datasets and 10 updated datasets.
NTAD is a Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compilation of geospatial datasets representing the nation’s transportation infrastructure, containing roadways, railways, waterways, and airports.
August 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in August 2019 than in August 2018:
August’s 449,550 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the down from the previous month’s employment total July 2019 (449,907 FTEs) but was the highest FTE total for the month of August since 2002 (472,168 FTEs).
August was the 70th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in August 2019 than in August 2018:
- August’s 449,550 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the down from the previous month’s employment total July 2019 (449,907 FTEs) but was the highest FTE total for the month of August since 2002 (472,168 FTEs).
- August was the 70th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.